2:28 PM,
Jul. 16, 2013

A Beachwood Apartment building in Harrison Township was damaged March 24 in a fire and explosion during a process to extract hash oil from marijuana plants in one of the units, the Macomb County Sheriff's Office said.

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It's a dangerous process that sparked a massive explosion and blaze that knocked a Harrison Township apartment building off its foundation and burned three people.

Now, those three people and a fourth are facing criminal charges in the March incident after authorities determined the blast was caused by the effort to try to extract hash oil from marijuana inside one of the apartments.

The Macomb County Prosecutor's Office today announced charges in connection with the March 24 blast that damaged nine apartments at the Beachwood Apartment complex, 38451 Metro Village. ...